Month: June 2017

Need to resize photos of your artworks to meet CaFÉ’s portfolio requirements*? Want to do it quickly and painlessly? Here are 5 free and easy tools to resize your images without losing quality.

1. Preview

If you own a Mac, you’re in luck! You already have a convenient photo editor on your computer – Preview. Select “Adjust Size” under Tools to change the dimensions and resolution. Avoid warping and retain your image’s original proportions by checking “Scale proportionally” and “Resample image.”

2. Paint

If you own a PC, you have a pre-installed editing program at your fingertips – Paint.Easily set your size in pixels and click “Maintain aspect ratio” to avoid image distortion. A more robust version of Paint is now available for free download, Paint.NET.

3. GIMP

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a great alternative to Photoshop if you don’t need all of Adobe’s powerful offerings. GIMP is a free open-source application with professional-level editing and retouching tools, and it’s available for both Mac and PC. It’s fast, small to install (spare your hard drive!), customizable, and very user friendly. You can download GIMP here.

4. Simple Image Resizer

Simple Image Resizer does one thing, and one thing well, resize. It’s best used when in a hurry. Simply upload your image, select “dimensions,” enter the desired width or height, click “Resize” and tah-dah – you have a proportionate, resized image ready to download. This tool is available as a Google Chrome extension and mobile friendly. Access the tool here.